Uttarakhand

Sachin Kothari left his corporate job in Delhi to move back to Dehradun and start Dev Bhoomi Nursery, which sells over 20 varieties of flowers and vegetables such as marigold, bok choy, brinjal, and more

Setting a benchmark in water conservation, IFS officer Dharam Singh Meena and his team have revived 66 Himalayam springs, helping 23 villages in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal

Hiresha Verma's startup Hanzen International helps women across Uttarakhand earn stable livelihood through mushroom farming, growing varieties such as oyster, milky, and portobello, as well as medicinal mushrooms like shiitake, ganoderma, cremini and enoki varieties. She also sells produce in different parts of India through Han Agrocare

Kalyan Mankoti used to commute 35 km to teach his students in an Uttarakhand village before the lockdown. But he shifted to the village himself, to continue their education continued during the pandemic.

Quitting her job in Bengaluru, Pratibha Krishnaiah from Bengaluru moved to Uttarakhand and transformed the face of a remote mountain village through her NGO, Himalayan Blooms

Founded by Tarun Jami, GreenJams is the clean tech startup behind Agrocrete, an innovative carbon-negative brick made from agricultural waste that cuts down construction cost and time

Harshit Sahdev's startup 'Himshakti' is boosting incomes of farmers by taking Uttarakhand's ancient 'Pahadi Namak' or flavoured salts to countries like France, UK, Russia and the USA.

The DFO of Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand, IFS officer Vaibhav Singh has set an inspiring example of conservation by restoring Himalayan forests and harvesting over 10 million litres of rainwater.

After Uttarakhand's Satinder Rawat lost his job due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he joined hands with his wife to launch a mushroom business that is earning them lakhs today

Run by Aditi Pokhriyal and Anil Cherukupalli, Fagunia Farmstay in Uttarakhand brings together traditional Kumaoni architecture with sustainable lifestyle practices like solar power, organic farming and waste management.